And Paul said, I am truly a man a Jew, a Tarsean of Cilicia, a citizen of no undistinguished city: and I beseech of thee to give way for me to speak to the people.

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarite, whom thou drivest out.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Having risen, go to Damascus; and there shall be told thee of all which has been arranged for thee to do.

Having come to me, and stood, said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And the same hour I looked up to him.

And he said, The God of our fathers took thee in hand, to know his will, and to see the Just, and hear the voice from his mouth.

And I said, Lord, these know that I was imprisoning and skinning in the synagogues them believing on thee:

And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee far off to the nations.

And as he held him before with thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful to scourge a man a Roman, and uncondemned?

And the captain of a thousand having come near, said to him, Tell me if thou art a Roman. And he said, Yes.

And the captain of a thousand answered, I obtained this citizenship for much capital. And Paul said, And I have been born.

And Paul, having looked intently to the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God till this day.

Then said Paul to him, God is about to strike thee, thou wall covered with dust: and sittest thou judging me according to law, and commanded me to be struck illegally?

And they standing by said, Revilest thou God's chief priest?

And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it has been written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

And the following night the Lord, having stood by him, said, Take courage, Paul: for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou also testify at Rome.

Who having come to the chief priests and elders, said, By an anathema, we anathematized ourselves, to taste of nothing till we kill Paul.

And Paul having called one of the centurions, said, Bring this young man to the captain of a thousand; for he has something to announce to him.

And he said, That the Jews agreed together to ask thee, so that to-morrow thou mightest bring down Paul to the council, as about to inquire something more accurately about him.

And having called two certain of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers, so that they go to Cesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred having held spears in the right hand, at the third hour of the night;

I will hearken to thee, he said, when also thine accusers should be present. And he commanded him to be watched in Herod's pretorium.

And having heard these, Felix deferred them, knowing more accurately the things of the way, having said, When Lysias captain of a thousand shall come down, I will examine narrowly things concerning you.

And Festus, wishing to render a favor to the Jews, having answered Paul, said, Wilt thou, having gone up to Jerusalem, there be judged by me of these things?

And Paul said, At Caesar's judgment seat am I standing where I must he judged: I injured the Jews nothing, as thou also knowest better.

And I doubting at the question concerting this, said, If he be willing to go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things.

And Agrippa said to Festus, I wished myself also to hear the man. And he said, Tomorrow thou shalt hear him.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men being present with us, ye behold this, of whom all the multitude of Jews addressed me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out he must no more live.

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul defended himself, having stretched out the hand:

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou drivest out.

And he defending himself by these, Festus said with a great voice, Thou art frenzied, Paul; many letters turn thee to madness.

And Agrippa said to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

And Paul said, I would pray to God also in little, and in much, not only thee, but also all hearing me this day to become such, of what kind I also am, besides these bonds.

And he having said these, the king arose, and the leader, and Bernice, and they sitting with them:

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been loosed, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

And there being much abstinence from food, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, Truly it was fitting, O men, having obeyed me, not to be conveyed from Crete, and gain this violence and damage.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these should remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

And having said these, and having taken bread, he returned thanks to God before all: and having broken, he began to eat.

And when the foreigners saw the wild beast hanging on his hand, they said to one another, This man is altogether a murderer, whom, saved from the sea, vengeance suffered not to live.

And they expected him about to be inflamed, or to fall down dead suddenly: and they waiting for much, and seeing nothing extraordinary coming to him, changing their opinions, they said he was a god.

And it was after three days Paul called together them being first of the Jews: and they having come together, he said to them, Men, brethren, I having done nothing against the people, or customs of the fathers, I was delivered in bonds from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

And they said to him, We neither received letters concerning thee from Judea, nor any of the brethren having been present announced or spoke any evil of thee.

And being at variance with one another, they were let go, Paul having said one word, That well spake the Holy Spirit by Esaias the prophet to our fathers,

And he having said these things, the Jews departed, having much discussion in themselves.

Who against hope believed upon hope, for him to become father of many nations, according to that said, So shall thy seed be.

What then shall we say? The law sin? It may not be. But I knew not sin except by the law: for I knew not lust, if the law said not, Thou shalt not eagerly desire.

It was said to her, That the greater shall serve the less.

And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, Ye not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us seed, as Sodom had we been, and as Gomorrha had we been likened.

And having given thanks, he brake, and said, Take ye, eat; this is my body, broken for you: this do ye for my remembrance.

For he subjected all things under his feet. And when he said that all things have been subjected, it is manifest that without him having subjected all things to him.

And what agreement to the temple of God with images? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God said, That I will dwell in them, and will go round about; and will be their God, and they shall be a people to me.

I speak not to condemnation: for I have said before, ye are in our hearts to die together, and live together.

And I sent the brethren, lest our boasting for you be empty in this part; that, as I said, ye might be prepared:

And he said to me, My grace suffices thee: for my power is perfected in weakness. Therefore very willingly will I boast rather in my weaknesses, that Christ's power may lodge upon me.

I have said before, and say beforehand, as being present the second; and being away now I write to them having sinned before, and to all the rest, that, if I should come again, I will not spare:

As we said before, also now say I again, If any announce to you good news above what ye received, let him be anathema.

But when I saw that they went not upon the strait road according to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, If thou, being a Jew, livest according to the nations, and not according to the Jews, why forcest thou the nations to live as the Jews?

Envyings, slaughters, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: to these which I foretell you, as I have also said before, that they doing such shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

(For many walk, of whom I said to you often, and now also say weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ:

A certain of them said, their own prophet, The Cretians always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.

For to which of the angels once said he, Thou art my Son, I have this day begotten thee? And again, I will be to him for Father, and he shall be to me for Son?

And to which of the angels has he once said, Sit on my right hand, till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?

Wherefore I was offended with that generation and I said, They always wander in heart; and they knew not my ways.

In that it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, ye should not harden your hearts, as in the exasperation.

For we having believed come into the rest, as he said, As I sware in my wrath, if they shall come into my rest: although the works having been from the foundation of the world.

For he said somewhere of the seventh thus, And God ceased in the seventh day from all his works.

Again he limits a certain day, saying in David, To day, after such time; as it is said, To day if ye would hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

For he of whom these things are said partook of another tribe, of which none held to the altar.

Then said I, Behold, I am here (in the head of the book it was written of me,) O God, to do thy will.

Then he said, Behold, I am here to do, O God, thy will. He takes away the first, that he might set up the second.

And also the Holy Spirit testifies to us: for after having said before,

For we know him having said, Vengeance to me, I will give back, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

And so dreadful was that being made to appear, Moses said, I am terrified and trembling:)

The disposition exempt from avarice; being contented with present circumstances: for he has said, I will not send thee back, nor forsake thee.

For he having said, Thou shouldest not commit adultery, said also, Thou shouldest not kill: and if thou commit not adultery, and dost kill, thou hast become a transgressor of the law.

But Michael the archangel, when fighting with the accuser, discussed concerning the body of Moses, dared not to bring the judgment of defamation, but said, May the Lord censure thee.

For they said to you that in the last time shall be deceivers, going according to the eager desires of their impieties.

And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the twentyfour elders fell and worshipped him living for the times of times.

And to each were given white robes; and it was said to them, that they should rest for a little time, till also their fellowservants be filled up, about to be killed, as also they.

And I said to him, Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they coming out of great pressure, and they washed their robes, and whitened their robes in the blood of the Lamb.

And it was said to them that they should not injure the grass of the earth, neither any green, nor any tree; except the men only which have not the seal of God upon their foreheads.

And I came forth to the angel, saying to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take, and eat it up; and it shall render thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth shall it be sweet as honey.

And the angel said to me, Why didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the wild beast lifting her up, having seven heads and ten horns.

And the second time they said, Alleluia. And her smoke goes up for ever and ever.

And he sitting upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

And he said to me, It has been. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him thirsting of the fountain of the water of life gratuitously.

And he said to me, These words faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show to his servants what must be with speed.